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which constitute it must not be stiff and formal. It 
is, as Professor Bailey says, ‘‘ Not plants which make 
a place attractive, but the arrangement of plants.” 
Landscaping is the production of naturelike effects. 
The landscape must be full of variety, interest, 
and beauty. There must be nothing that shoeks or 
jars our sensibilities. These shocks are usually pro- 
duced by man’s interference, and can be remedied 
by the application of skill and money. There should 
be no sudden interruptions. If there are changes 
from one forest form into another, they should blend. 
There should be openings here and there in the for- 
est in the form of juicy, well-kept meadows, fringed 
with wild shrubbery. This shrubbery should give 
way gradually through several height stages to the 
high forest in the background. There should be open- 
ings, glades, and clean broad vistas here and there. 
Conifers should be sprinkled here and there with the 
hardwoods, and often in groups with a clean moss or 
leaf-covered floor. They give many shades of green 
in winter, and there should be a generous mixture 
of broad-leaved trees to give color in autumn. There 
should be no dead trunks, stubs, or stumps. The for- 
est should be irregular, and managed according to 
the selective system, which is described on another 
page. There should be as little coppice as possible. 
Mixed seedling growth is preferable. Rank coppice, 
